--- title: "Taiwan Drone Supply Chain Powers U.S. Defense Shift" url: https://daily.dev/posts/taiwan-drone-supply-chain-powers-u-s-defense-shift-5e7unjamv source_url: https://spectrum.ieee.org/taiwan-drone-supply-chain type: article source: "IEEE Spectrum" published: 2026-05-20T12:03:13.999Z updated: 2026-05-20T12:03:41.643Z tags: ["supply-chain"] reading_time: 24 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Taiwan Drone Supply Chain Powers U.S. Defense Shift **[IEEE Spectrum](https://daily.dev/sources/ieeespectrum)** · 24 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Sardinia is resisting Italy's push to build 6.2 GW of new wind and solar capacity, driven by centuries of colonial exploitation and distrust of outside developers. A grassroots petition gathered 210,000 signatures, leading to an 18-month moratorium on renewable construction. The resistance stems from historical exploitation by empires, mainland Italy, and industrial companies that left behind unemployment and toxic contamination. Potential paths forward include building renewables on abandoned industrial sites, community-owned energy projects, and the new Tyrrhenian Link HVDC submarine cable connecting Sardinia to Sicily and the Italian mainland. Experts warn that top-down energy policy without local engagement risks repeating the same failures across Europe and beyond. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Inside the Software Making Electric Heavy Trucks Practical](https://daily.dev/posts/inside-the-software-making-electric-heavy-trucks-practical-4w84u1l3f) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Videos: Humanoid Robot Learning, Voice Control, More](https://daily.dev/posts/videos-humanoid-robot-learning-voice-control-more-xj9omuefi) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The AI Boom Is Forcing a Long-Delayed Wi-Fi Reckoning](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ai-boom-is-forcing-a-long-delayed-wi-fi-reckoning-jnqxaspos) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Video: Material Handling Robots, Robot Navigation, More](https://daily.dev/posts/video-material-handling-robots-robot-navigation-more-kzidm11sg) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [System Boosts Speech Volume Based on Brain Signal](https://daily.dev/posts/system-boosts-speech-volume-based-on-brain-signal-nw6fwvoms) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#supply-chain](https://daily.dev/tags/supply-chain) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/taiwan-drone-supply-chain-powers-u-s-defense-shift-5e7unjamv)